Lakshmi — Abundance, Prosperity, Radiant Fortune

Lakshmi is Shri, the goddess of sampatti (prosperity), saubhagya (good fortune), and the luminous radiance that attends dharmic order. Born from the Samudra Manthana (churning of the cosmic ocean) as told in the Vishnu Purana, she chose Vishnu as her eternal consort — she is his shakti, inseparable from the preserving function. Her ashta-svarupas (eight forms) — Adi-Lakshmi, Dhana-Lakshmi, Dhanya-Lakshmi, Gaja-Lakshmi, Santana-Lakshmi, Veera-Lakshmi, Vijaya-Lakshmi, and Vidya-Lakshmi — encompass every dimension of abundance, from material wealth to spiritual victory.